Bible

Description

Title: Bible
Published / Created: [between 700 and 710]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Lamentations, 3.13-51 (52-56 obscured). Written at Luxeuil or one of its affiliated houses. Fifteen folios from the original codex survive, most of which may be traced to the Benedictine abbey of Admont in Austria. Most of the verses in the Beinecke fragment have received neumes, possibly added later (11th century?).
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written in elegant Luxeuil minuscule, with headings in uncials.
Large initial at beginning of each verse filled with yellow, red, and/or green; headings in green or red.
Removed from a bookbinding; text suffers from holes, stains, creases, and repairs.
Provenance: Bought from Goldschmidt's in 1938 by Clarence Mendell who presented it to the Branford College Library of Yale University. Deposited in the University Library in 1953.
Extent: f. 1 : 326 x 262 (265 x 212) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 8th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Music
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Lamentations
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Music > 500-1400
France > 8th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Bible. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.